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Work Session and Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	08/09/2016
Department:	City Manager

AGENDA CAPTION:

Presentation On Future Of Cotton Belt Corridor Development As It Relates To Rail Transit In The Town Of Addison.

BACKGROUND:

The Town of Addison has been an owner city in the Dallas Area regional transit (DART) system since its inception in 1983. The Town of Addison currently receives bus service and as an owner city, expects to receive light rail service with an accompanying light rail station.

The DART 2030 Transit System Plan (TSP) identified the Cotton Belt Corridor as a priority project with implementation in the year 2025-2030 timeframe. Based on the recession in 2008-2009 the project was deferred post-2030. In 2015, DART included the project within the DART 20-Year Financial Plan for implementation in year 2035, from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to Shiloh Road in Plano.

The Town of Addison has begun to communicate its desire to review all of its options as it relates to its future membership in DART if the Cotton Belt project does not become a priority for DART in the immediate future. DART and regional stakeholders have discussed methods to accelerate or phase the project earlier than 2035 and recently DART has developed a proposal that could construct and make the project operational sometime between 2021-2023. This presentation is intended to provide the City Council with an update on the progress of this project.

RECOMMENDATION:

Informational only.